{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20160127","title":"MONTANA - DAKOTA UTILITIES CO — Gas distribution — incident on 2016-11-23","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2016-12-19","effective_on":"2016-11-23","summary":"Gas distribution incident in SHERIDAN, SHERIDAN County, WY. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 466.64 NATURAL GAS released, $4,500 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious, not fire-first.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-d5af6a75945be354e556434d.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-d5af6a75945be354e556434d.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-d5af6a75945be354e556434d","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/fba42a19-f78d-44c9-9a76-4bacfc15fba0?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Gas distribution incident in SHERIDAN, SHERIDAN County, WY. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 466.64 NATURAL GAS released, $4,500 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings.\n\nReport number: 20160127.\n\nOperator ID: 12684.\n\nReported incident date: 11/23/2016 16:15.\n\nLocation detail: 1401 WEST 5TH STREET\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATOR FAILED TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE AFTER VERIFYING MARKS\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION SUB-CONTRACTORS DANIELS INC. WAS EXCAVATING IN THE AREA TO CONNECT A STORM SEWER SYSTEM WITH A LARGE EXCAVATOR WHEN THEY DUG THROUGH THE LIVE 3-PHASE ELECTRICAL PRIMARY AND 3 INCH PE GAS SERVICE FEEDING THE HOSPITAL. THE RESULTING DAMAGE TO THE GAS AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES CAUSED AN ESCAPE OF GAS AND EVENTUALLY A FIRE. THE FIRE CONSUMED THE VACATED EXCAVATOR BEFORE THE FIRE COULD BE CONTROLLED BY FIRST RESPONDERS. MDU DID NOT HAVE AN INSPECTOR ON SITE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious, not fire-first.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $206,200 reported total cost, $102,706.987 in 1984 dollars, $252,672.753 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1623}